Farming and reading family

His father still wanted him to go to a private school in the city, and would probably be very angry if he knew he had moved to the old village.

Gao E nodded: "Have you thought about how to tell them?"

Chen Ke didn't expect Gao E to be so sensible now: "I haven't thought about it yet."

"I think the place we chose is quite high, and the feng shui is good too. It must be a good thing for people to go to high places." Gao E hinted.

Since the Grand Master had previously implied that everyone should believe it, then saying something mysterious would definitely be helpful.

Chen Ke's eyes lit up: "My wife is really thoughtful."

Gao E packed up the silver on the table and said, "We have to buy some things when we move up there, and that costs money. There has to be a way to make money at home."

Chen Ke was thinking that there would be a flood in two months, when food prices would skyrocket, so he had already planned to stock up some in advance.

"But we are all farmers here and can't do much business. You have been to the capital three times. Do you know what we have here that can be sold at a high price in the capital?" Gao E looked at Chen Ke.

After Gao E's reminder, Chen Ke actually thought of something: crickets.

Cricket fighting was popular in the capital at that time, and some powerful people even sent people to various places to collect ferocious and aggressive crickets. In his previous life, he had heard that a cricket could be sold for hundreds of gold.

But he was worried that Gao E would say he was not doing his job properly, so he had to figure this out himself.

"Every time I go to Kyoto, I'm busy with the imperial examinations. Besides, the preferences of the rich people in the capital change every time. I have to think about it carefully." Chen Ke teased.

Gao E thought that someone like Chen Ke probably wouldn't ask about other things. "Okay, then tell him to go to the private school tomorrow and we'll go to the city to handle the transfer."

After discussing these things, the two people sent the four children to bed.

Lei leaned against the window and watched as the light in the second room went out. She lay down next to Chen Jie in the dark and asked, "Do you feel that my second sister-in-law has been a little different these past two days?"

Chen Jie was also thinking about this question. When he heard Lei's question, he immediately turned over and said, "I think so too. She is willing to spend money to treat Yu Ning."

Although Chen Jie is a bit lazy, he is pretty nice to his nephews and nieces.

"Not only that, she didn't get angry even when mom and dad talked to her like that. Didn't you see mom wanted to take advantage of her at night?" Lei said in a low voice.

Chen Jie didn't pay attention to this: "When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head."

Lei Shi didn't think so. In order to pay for Yuning's medical treatment, the second sister-in-law even contradicted her father-in-law: "Hey, if we split up, can we get some of the money from the second house?"

"What are you thinking?" Chen Jie immediately lay down. "It's good enough that Mom and Dad don't let us continue to support my second brother's education."

Lei was furious when he heard this: "If your second brother can't get into high school, will our whole family have to support him for the rest of his life?"

Chen Jie felt annoyed when he heard this. He naturally didn't want to support his second brother for the rest of his life, but the Chen family had finally produced a scholar.

He turned over and faced Lei: "Sleep, sleep, we have to go into the mountains tomorrow."

As for the eldest wife, Chen Qing had to live in a shack in the backyard with his son, and let Yang and her mother and daughter live in the house.

Gao E had not slept well during the month, and she woke up as soon as she heard any noise in the yard in the morning. Thinking that she had to go into the city today, she wanted to get up and check on the horses and carriage.

Chen Ke also got up. He was used to getting up early to study.

Gao E had hot water yesterday, but when she wanted to use some today, Jiang started complaining.

"It's not easy for the eldest brother to chop wood. I don't know how much wood this family will need in winter. We won't know how to get by at all..." She kept nagging.

"Mom, my hands will get cold if I don't use hot water." Chen Ke took the wooden basin from Gao E's hand and asked her to go out first.

Gao E just retreated.

When Jiang heard that it was her son who wanted to eat, she immediately lifted the lid of the pot and scooped out two large ladles of water: "Is it enough?"

"Enough." Chen Ke went out with the basin of water.

He added a little cold water to the bowl and felt the water temperature to find it was the right temperature. He brought it to Gao E and whispered, "You wash first."

Gao E looked at Chen Ke.

Why did she feel that the Chen Ke in the original owner's memory was not so considerate? Whenever something happened, he would just go into the house and not care at all.

Jiang looked out and saw Chen Ke bringing hot water to Gao E. She was furious and said, "Women can't be spoiled like this."

Her voice was so loud that even Yang and Lei, who had gotten up early, heard it.

Yang lowered her head and said nothing, as if she hadn't heard anything.

Lei rolled his eyes, very dissatisfied, but said nothing.

"Mom is also a woman, don't you want to be spoiled like this?" Gao E replied indifferently.

After being confronted by Gao E, Jiang retreated into the kitchen and remained silent.

Gao E sneered, thinking she was someone who only knew how to pick on the weak.

Jiang made breakfast, a big pot of wild vegetables without any grains, but she cooked an egg separately for my father-in-law and Chen Ke.

No one said anything about this distribution.

Gao E was very hungry, but she couldn't swallow the wild vegetables boiled in plain water without even adding salt.

Moreover, the table she moved out was moved to the main room. Her father-in-law and his family used the high table, and there was a low table in the yard for her daughter-in-law and grandchildren. The girl still had to squat under the eaves with her bowl to eat.

She slammed her chopsticks on the table.

Yang and Lei, who were sitting at the same table, were startled, and Lei's eyes lit up.

"Where is the food I bought?" Gao E stood up and stared at Jiang.

Jiang felt uncomfortable being stared at, and as long as Gao didn't show any power, she would treat Gao as a sick cat.

But when Gao became powerful, Jiang had to keep her in check.

After all, Gao's family was a landlord, and they were very prosperous when she married into the family. Even if she hadn't been in touch with her parents' family much in recent years, it was still Gao's family.

Chen Fansheng had a dark face and said nothing.

Chen Ke hurried over and stuffed his egg into Gao E's hand, signaling her with his eyes to be patient.

"Second brother!" Chen Fansheng scolded, "Is this how you manage your household?"

Chen Ke didn't know what to say for a moment.

In the past, he would definitely not care about these household affairs and would just focus on studying.

But he was reborn, and he couldn't let the Chen family end up like in his previous life.

"I admit that my husband's education cost the family a lot of money, and his failure to gain academic honor brought shame to the elders, but one should always live a decent life."

"We can find a way to deal with the lack of food at home, but once the children grow up, they can never come back."

"They are at the stage of growth, and if they are fed with these things every day, how can they grow up well?" Gao E questioned.

When it comes to children, the first and third wives fell silent. Isn't being a parent just about making their children live a better life?

"This is outrageous." Chen Fansheng slammed his hand on the table. "If you have the guts, why don't you all just stay at the old house?"

Everyone looked at Chen Fansheng.

"Dad..." Chen Qing was anxious. "My sister-in-law is outspoken. Don't take it to heart."

"Yes, Dad." Chen Jie said hesitantly, "Where else can my second brother and his family live if they don't live with us?"

"You said that." Gao E stared at her father-in-law.